THE WORKS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN; CONTAINING SEVERAL POLITICAL AND HISTORICAL TRACTS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY FORMER EDITION AND MANY LETTERS OFFICIAL AND PRIVATE NOT HITHERTO PUBLISHED WITH NOTES AND A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR.1844 |
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... British ministry interposed , and offered the proprietor of the papers a large remuneration to suppress them , which he accepted . This rumor was so broadly stated in the preface to Johnson's edition , as to amount to positive charge ...
... British ministry interposed , and offered the proprietor of the papers a large remuneration to suppress them , which he accepted . This rumor was so broadly stated in the preface to Johnson's edition , as to amount to positive charge ...
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... British government , in consequence of the part he had taken in the Revolution ; and it is probable that he may have been averse to the publi- cation of his father's papers during his lifetime . To the least , the suspicion that papers ...
... British government , in consequence of the part he had taken in the Revolution ; and it is probable that he may have been averse to the publi- cation of his father's papers during his lifetime . To the least , the suspicion that papers ...
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... British nation by George the Fourth , is a manuscript volume consisting of a correspondence between the Reverend Dr. Cooper , of Boston , Dr. Franklin , and Governor Pownall , for several years immediately preceding the Revolution . The ...
... British nation by George the Fourth , is a manuscript volume consisting of a correspondence between the Reverend Dr. Cooper , of Boston , Dr. Franklin , and Governor Pownall , for several years immediately preceding the Revolution . The ...
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... British claims . With others he obtained a passport to leave the town . At this time he had in his possession a number of original letters from Dr. Franklin and Governor Pow- nall , and the drafts of his answers , all of which had an ...
... British claims . With others he obtained a passport to leave the town . At this time he had in his possession a number of original letters from Dr. Franklin and Governor Pow- nall , and the drafts of his answers , all of which had an ...
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... British troops for Halifax , he accidentally discov- ered the packet of letters , and took it with him . From Halifax he carried it to London , and present- ed it to a Mr. Thompson , who sent it to the King , with an explanation of the ...
... British troops for Halifax , he accidentally discov- ered the packet of letters , and took it with him . From Halifax he carried it to London , and present- ed it to a Mr. Thompson , who sent it to the King , with an explanation of the ...
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